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Chris Heilmann @codepo8.bsky.social

“We don’t believe in work-life balance—building the future of software engineering is a mission we all care so deeply about that we couldn’t possibly separate the two,” wrote Cognition CEO Scott Wu in the email. techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/t...

Cognition is also laying off 30 employees. Those who don't take the buyout are expected to work 80+ hour weeks.

Three weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door | TechCrunch

Cognition is also laying off 30 employees. Those who don't take the buyout are expected to work 80+ hour weeks.

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    Taki @oldtaki.bsky.social

    Why don't they replace the CEO with a LLM trained with a thesaurus of motivational crap? It's cheaper and runs 24/4 for the "mission".

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    Ugly Bunnies @uglybunnies.bsky.social

    I guess my question is: does the 6-day, 80-hour workweek apply only to the former Windsurf employees, or everyone in general? If it applies to everyone, was this disclosed to candidates when they were offered positions?

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